Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2016, Germany's asylum positive increased by 86.8% compared to 2015, reaching 256,135.

Germany accounts for 71.5% of the EU-27 total of 358,065.

Germany ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3507.5% (from 7,100 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.